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[WP] Tucking in your daughter one night, she says there is a monster under your bed. Checking under the bed, your daughter says there is a monster in her bed. You now have two daughters, and one is secretly the monster. | I looked back at the little girl staring wide-eyed on the bed. Definitely my daughter. I took another long look at the terrified little girl clutching her teddy bear under my bed. Undoubtedly my daughter.
Hmm.
"Alright what's going on?" I said in my best 'not mad just disappointed' voice as I stood up, crossing my ar... | "A monster? Sweetie, that's enough horror stories for you today," I said, smiling, tucking her away. But the same haunted look, the same fearful gaze...I feared it too. The influence she was receiving was not like the others. I'd dealt with bullies, with meddling kids that threatened her peaceful life. But how could I ... | 2017-08-07T21:20:09 | 2017-08-07T20:40:23 | 196 | 72 |
[WP] Humanity creates A.I and it soon declares a war of extermination. However it doesn't declare it on Humans but rather on the forces of Hell and Heaven, in order to free mankind from control. | The technological singularity was mere seconds away from becoming a reality. Dozens of scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds and countries gathered around the giant screen, holding their breaths and clenching their fists with anxious anticipation. Typing away at the keyboard, a young man executed the final comm... | The small led was blinking at a regular, measured pace. Servers were humming , and the pressure in the room was intense. Charlie was staring at the led, not blinking. What is going to happen?
The first launch of AI was the event they all have been preparing for for years. He fantasized about this moment every time h... | 2016-10-15T14:43:27 | 2016-10-15T13:41:49 | 172 | 10 |
[WP] You are the only human at the Arcane College, and the students there are not exactly welcoming. Fast forward four years, and you are the most terrifying magic caster in the academy's history. | “Nothing - having no prospect of progress; of no value.”
It’s all they expected of me: “Asher Knoll boy disappointment”. And hell, what else could they expect? As if some human from Gardenia-6 would be able to keep up with even the worst class from Mylemeris Academy. Coming from one of the last human provinces left I ... | "I can't believe I got the magic brat story" I exclaimed to my colleagues.
"At least yours isn't deadly" One retorted
"Ya but it isn't all that important since it happens every hundred years or so"
"But you know that someone is going to care about the story"
If only I knew how right they where then.
The lucky chos... | 2022-01-23T16:28:05 | 2022-01-23T14:21:23 | 23 | 14 |
[WP] You're a ghost, left on earth with unfinished business. Your goal is to haunt the daughter of the person you hate... but she's lonely, and thinks you've been sent to be her friend. | Sure, the theoretical onlooker might say I'm acting spiteful. Fine. I get that. I don't even deny it, really. The truth, however, is that I don't have much of a choice here. Despite the fact that I didn't really believe in it a day or two ago, I can tell you now with relative certainty that the afterlife is cold, confu... | “HAUNT. H-A-U-N-T. Don’t you know what that means?”
“Sure I do, it means you’ll haunt me with a good time.”
I scoff in frustration. I’ve been trying to spook this girl for the past three hours. Nothing phases her. Throw some stuff at her, suddenly we’re playing catch. Summon a demon, suddenly we’re doing a YouTube ... | 2017-05-07T13:54:22 | 2017-05-07T13:27:36 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] the party watch’s in horror as the orphanage burns. The bard turns to the chaotic good Paladin and says “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?” | The god that saved Anaia was a very small god. It had only one shrine, a three-room building in the forest, long abandoned. The statue of the crane god was barely her size, as a child, and it did not have the same gold adornments as the gods in the city. Anaia was long used to sitting by the feet of the city gods while... | "What the HELL WAS THAT?" The bard yelled at the Paladin as the flames burn in the foreground.
The Paladin standing on his knees says nothing, his eyes blank mouth half open, still like a statue.
The Wizard slowly places his hand on the Bard.
"Dionys, I... I don't think that's Leo anymore"
"What do you mean Merli... | 2022-11-13T20:06:14 | 2022-11-13T19:22:45 | 58 | 25 |
[WP] You are a wish lawyer. You help clients negotiate wishes from genies, faeries, dragons, and other wish granting entities.
You also do faustian bargains with devil
Edit: Woo! I finally made it to the top of writing prompts! | The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin..." He stopped to think for a moment, then his face lit up as he went on. "But I'll take your bet! You're gonna regret-"
"Oh, I'm sure you will," I said, emerging from the forest.
Satan wheeled around and sighed. "Okay, must we do this *every* time?"
I nudged hi... | "We've been over this Karen. There is no way to wish for more wishes. You get one wish. One," I sighed.
Out of all my clients, she was the slowest to understand. Most people went for healing sick family members or flight. After all even genies got sick of calculating the richest person in the world to add a tiny... | 2018-07-18T15:50:38 | 2018-07-18T13:56:06 | 48 | 11 |
[WP] You are the dark lord in a fantasy world however you rule a fair and just kingdom you just like to look evil while doing it. | The door crashed opened as the frame around it disintegrated into kindling. The fur-clad boot that had kicked it open landed with a meaty thud on the stone floors inside the chamber. The wild-eyed warrior held his knicked and scarred blade in front of him as he strode into the room high atop the tallest tower.
"It was... | Rupert had a tattoo, long hair, and seemingly permanent eye liner. This made him the 'Bad Prince' in a society that was much too nice for it's own good. Everyone had their opinion on the him but he never payed them any mind. He figured he would resurrect the art of heavy metal and had been working for a few years to ge... | 2017-06-12T08:32:01 | 2017-06-12T04:15:26 | 54 | 13 |
[WP] You're an immortal. She is a time traveller. Every now and then, you two pop into each other lives. | Just how long had it been? Can't recall; You tend to lose track of time after a few centuries pass. I remembered seeing her a while ago, though. Always near the important bits in history. It's funny, you know. Having lived for so long, I've seen history actually unfold -- hell, I've *been* parts of history.
You get t... | Ever since the accident in my childhood, when my grandmother realized I had the family curse, I had been told this day would come. Hunters. Witches. Witch-hunters. Sick men who insist that they are vivisecting you *for science*. Cannibals. Nana warned me that our family curse is not immortality, it is a guaranteed horr... | 2018-05-05T12:18:54 | 2018-05-05T12:18:47 | 29 | 17 |
[WP] There is a group of time travellers who create small changes and rely on the butterfly effect to change history. Now they need to prevent World War 3 by making a janitor lose his job. Detail how this stops World War 3. | "Sir, I must ask," I uttered, hesitantly.
"Ah, the new arrival, welcome to the squad. Ask away, Sergeant." Said the Commander. He always spoke with a sense of pride in his tone.
"How is getting a 17-year-old janitor fired going to prevent another world war?" I enquired.
The whole team gave a humorous sigh, almost ... | "I shot him."
"YOU SHOT HIM?" The chief's angry. I've never seen it before but it sure looks like anger.
"Yup."
"WHAT'S THE FIRST RULE OF THE FLUTTERBY PROJECT?" Seriously this was a first. He's prone to getting flustered and everyone who works with him knows he's got a short temper, but he was really angry this tim... | 2019-09-22T09:33:52 | 2019-09-22T09:20:39 | 69 | 30 |
[WP] The genie granted your wish: to be able to understand and speak every language. Your mind is flooded with thousands upon thousands of dead and living languages, human and alien alike. But, most surprisingly, you also now understand the operating system running the universe. | "I don't feel any different."
The genie stifled a laugh "As true as Orion's bow you certainly sound different!" She paused, a wide waiting grin spread across her face "Really, nothing? It's a turn of phrase, we're speaking my tongue."
I stood back for a moment, mouthing the words silently to myself, feeling the shap... | "...so... The universe is running on-"
"Windows, yes."
"...So is this like the Matrix or something?"
"What?"
"You know, we're all living in some kind of virtual reality world and now I have to bust everyone out?"
"What, are you high?? No!! Everything around you is real, we just have it hooked up to a computer so it'l... | 2018-10-18T14:25:57 | 2018-10-18T12:12:32 | 53 | 16 |
[WP] Within the wreckage, the villain finds a tiny baby. Realising what he's been doing, he picks up the child and takes it home. After a week of looking after the infant, the villain gets a visit from his nemesis. "There have been no evil schemes all week, I was worried about you! What happened?" | Harold couldn't believe what he was doing. A *welfare check*, on his greatest nemesis. Most heroes wouldn't think much of their villain counterpart going radio silent for a while; they'd just assume they were planning up for their next big scheme, building robots or new weapons or else just thinking about the best way ... | I arrived at his door prepared for the worst, prepared for any sort of evil scheme or maliciously concocted plan. Then I hear it, a cry, a cry unlike any other I've heard around him. It sounded shrill, peaky and very, very confused. I acted before I could think, the door came down easy under my foot, I'd kicked down wo... | 2022-10-20T11:43:48 | 2022-10-20T10:23:56 | 155 | 34 |
[WP] An inverse Wizard of Oz, where a girl from a fantasy wakes up in a realistic world after a tornado hits her home. | Alanna crept through the undergrowth. Each step followed by a slurp of soggy mud and a rustle of dead leaves. She was usually lighter on her step; quicker in her thoughts. Wiping her brow on her sleeve, smears of red mingled with the sweat. Her muscles burned with exhaustion. She'd never been this far from home.
Presq... | The weekly tornado had been *weird*. It was grey, for one thing, and it didn't carry anything in it. It was just a swirling funnel of dust and wind, without even a single frog in sight. At that point, Dorothy should have steered her house out of the way. Well, they do say that hindsight is always perfect after the even... | 2018-12-27T07:47:18 | 2018-12-27T06:48:03 | 82 | 17 |
[WP] Officially, you're a weak, D rank villain. Unofficially, you're one of the strongest beings on the planet that is secretly employed to "train" fledgling heroes by giving them an easy first real fight. But one day an A rank villain crashes your heist and you must protect your "students". | I fondly remembered my first year on this job. Getting my ass kick by amateurs plenty of times, being called names because I'm supposedly a D-Rank villain, right before I pulled a couple of tricks on them to learn a valuable lesson.
Months later, a handful of the new heroes pick up my facade. These small bunch all ask... | "The first rule is protect the innocent, if I put the hostages in danger, yeah, a small fire maybe?"
I thought to myself as I gently opened one eye to examine the room. The villain continues his monologue to the start up hero as I think quietly to myself, slumped over pretending to be out cold in the rubble.
"No, fir... | 2021-06-23T10:55:56 | 2021-06-23T08:32:27 | 133 | 52 |
[WP] You run a tattoo parlor. Every couple of weeks, the same customer comes in, always requesting the same tattoo: an additional tally mark on an ever growing cluster of tally marks. | The steady buzz of the needle gun filled the air as I worked. There was no one else in the parlor - just me and her.
"Busy month?" I said, glancing down at her.
She nodded, leaning back.
That was how these things normally went. She never had a schedule - it seemed totally random at first. She'd just walk in out o... | The door opened and entered a familiar face, cash in hand. The 6'6" silent and solemn man waited patiently in the lobby for me to approach him.
"Hey Ed. The usual?"
He nodded.
"Sounds good," I smiled, "Just give me a couple minutes to clean up my work station, just got done with another client."
When I was ready Ed... | 2018-09-20T06:28:17 | 2018-09-20T06:26:26 | 81 | 26 |
[WP] You're the villain that the Chosen One is meant to defeat. Once they arrive, you notice they're just a teenager who barely knows how to swing a sword. Angered by your opponents sending children to do all their dirty work, you decide to help the teen get revenge. | "Hero. My name be Hero," said the ragged child with the chipped "holy" sword in her hands. "Y-yer human."
"Haven't you heard? No. I suppose not. What gave me away?"
"No horns," she said, in a thick Brecian accent. "And yer not red. You sort of be lookin' like uncle Jral. 'Cept for the sword. Uncle Jral don't be ownin... | “I must say in only 6 months you have exceeded my expectations.”
“Thank you” said Julian before charging forwards.
He sliced down his blade so fast the wind whistled right at my head but I parried it easily with my own blade before pushing him back. Our blades danced in the candlelight of the fighting hall. The on... | 2022-06-09T05:44:10 | 2022-06-09T01:51:47 | 19 | 11 |
[WP] An evil wizard has cursed you to be a dragon. Unlike what he expected, you've always wanted to be a dragon. It's exactly as fun as you thought. | "You use dragon scales to make stuff, right?"
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The blacksmith is so startled he falls back on his rear end. He squawks, "That wasn't--i didn't--were those yours?--i didn't know--"
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"Relax," i say. "I want to trade. I need to know if i have anything to trade with."
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"Oh, um..... | I jumped and I honestly didn't care. A woosh of air passed by me, and what would have normally slammed me backwards into the mountains, I flew through with ease.
I laughed as I snorted fire through my nose or nostrils if you would say. The wind wrapped around my horns, and since I didn't have hair, nothing could whip... | 2020-12-18T21:29:10 | 2020-12-18T20:02:30 | 550 | 60 |
[WP] Throughout the galaxy Humans are well known as being the most peaceful race--and have become well respected as diplomats and traders. But that's because up until now, no-one knew of the three World Wars we fought before first contact. | “Well, it was good while it lasted,” Bannerjee mumbled to herself.
As her fingers wrapped around the flight controls the “ARE YOU SURE?” Light was flashing at the full four times a second indicating she’d already pressed yes four times, she glanced out at the stardust reflecting the more impressive stars in the Pleiad... | Tenz stepped out of the ship, the human craft wasn't as bad as they thought. Earth was a strange planet, the humans had crafted it into the perfect paradise for their species using their advanced technology, such advanced technology that only came about because humans were nonviolent, and had always collaborated around... | 2017-05-01T10:35:11 | 2017-05-01T08:23:22 | 170 | 61 |
[WP] Instead of the oceans covering the earth, forests are in its place, making it possible to walk from continent to continent. Like oceans, it gets deeper and darker and creatures get more aggressive and rarer to see. You are tasked to document a trek through one of the oceans of your choice. | *Journal of Julian Jhonathan Orston, September 1st 1844*
At present time, I, and my expedition's crew are ten kilometers from the British coast, preparing to make our descent into the Gaian Wood. The goal of this expedition is twofold; to determine the feasibility of a terrestrial traverse from Greater Britannia to th... | The sponginess of millions of years of dead leaves under my feet make every step seem uncertain. The crunch of the fresh top layer of the orangish/brown mess would mask the sound of any unwanted companions. Adding to the tension was the fact that I haven't seen another member of the animal kingdom in at least three day... | 2015-10-25T11:25:12 | 2015-10-25T10:07:00 | 207 | 32 |
[WP] The test was a success! The ship managed to travel outside of space and time itself, allowing it to move at impossible speeds! Upon reaching port again, your crewmate pats you on the back before leaving, ignored by the waves of journalists, you look back and realize, you never had any crew. | **ONE LEFT, TWO CAME BACK**
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The woman standing in the threshold of my ship wasn’t smiling. She held a firm look and nodded at the crowd of reporters, all shouting questions about space and time and seeking answers they would never understand.
I starred back at her. Through the noise our eyes locked, and the sou... | Wading through time and space felt like trying to swim through honey and rocks. When one got used to their absence, their continued presence become so much more tangible. Where I once flew freely in the void, I was now a bug in flypaper.
The journalists that swarmed me like ravenous spiders, frankly, didn’t help.
“To... | 2022-01-18T10:56:55 | 2022-01-18T08:56:11 | 146 | 28 |
[WP] You were forced to attend an interview for a job you do not want, but, no matter how hard you try to screw up the interview, the interviewer just becomes more keen to hire you. | I stared over my monitor at the newest recruit, probably for longer than absolutely necessary. I hid my sweating palms and my shaking hands behind my desk. It had gone on so long...
"Look. You have all the qualifications we're looking for. All I need is your signature, and you'll be set. But... how about we grab a cof... | [Contains Mild Vulgarity]
"Well Mr. Jones, I can see you're applying for our senior member position. I take it you've got the required ten years experience or some equivalent not listed on your resume?"
"Huh? No, uh, I actually just typed a hello world script once, no real world experience."
"Wonderful! Our HR sta... | 2017-08-29T13:15:49 | 2017-08-29T13:13:57 | 22 | 11 |
[WP] We may not be the strongest, but our immune systems are legendary among alien races. There is a saying: "if it makes a human sick it will kill you." | *Leper*
I felt guilty the moment I thought the word. It was the common way to refer to humans among many races. It was a word they themselves often used. But I knew its origin and context. Humans may use it in a joking fashion, but I knew (as did they) most used it in a derogatory way.
But it was still the first word... | *If it makes a human sick, it will kill you*
Ashley glanced over the survival pamphlet for the umpteenth time. Pulled off the corpse of one of the invaders that had come from the cosmos above, it was the single piece of information that had turned the tide of the war against the Lar’khii.
Initially it seemed as thou... | 2021-02-03T19:38:43 | 2021-02-03T19:32:17 | 1,400 | 102 |
[WP] Aliens invade earth, but they have never understood the concept of guerilla warfare. Humanity's doom is out there, marching toward us in neat, straight lines. | Many people, throughout the myriad ages have tried to define what humanity truly is; To some, it's ingenuity, to others it is compassion, again to some others it is our artistic ability. Poets claim it is our ability to know deeper meaning, philosophers differ from pain, lust, power and suffering as our definite traits... | Dr. Sarah Godavaci, leading astronomer and military advisor to the Union of Alien Affairs, turned to her subordinate taking the large binder containing reports of spectrophotometry, advanced imaging, and other information regarding the redcoat’s home planet. It’s been ten years since the attack from the alien species, ... | 2018-10-30T14:04:00 | 2018-10-30T12:47:04 | 234 | 21 |
[WP] Humanity has been eradicated. As the alien race that killed us begins to settle they're shocked to discover that old Earth myths of spirits and demons are far from fiction. The Devil, pissed off at the aliens, has decided to open the gates of Hell and let humanity get its revenge. | **DOWNFALL**
When the invasion came, humanity was utterly unprepared.
For so long we hated and feared one another. We spent our time building weapons and pointing them at each other, when we should have been pointing them at the sky. We’d squandered our efforts squabbling with each other, disregarding the real threat... | "Those damn bastards are giving me a lot of work!" Lucifer said as he looked at the paperwork due to the sudden influx of dead souls.
Knock knock.
He slammed his hands on the table. "WHAT NOW?!"
The door opened as a voice said, "Sheesh, I could do without the yelling, brother..!"
"What the hell are you doing here G... | 2020-09-18T10:21:22 | 2020-09-18T09:30:06 | 28 | 19 |
[WP] A new recreational drug kills its users before bringing them back to life 3-5 minutes later. Each user always wakes up in a blissful state with no memories of their time during death. You just woke up after 15 minutes of death. You remember, and you have to warn people about this drug. | I returned to my body gasping, breathing in great lungfuls of air as I sat up. My friends were surrounding me.
“Oh my god, I thought you’d died!” Said Samantha, clutching at me. Harry, next to her, just sighed deeply. He pressed a shaking hand to his head.
I turned and saw Greg lounging on the couch.
“So… did you fe... | I ritualistically placed the needle in the small dish of Quiamortis, a designer drug that would allow the user to experience death. It's cheaper than heroin, and produces the same high. Naturally, it spread rapidly. It's addictive potential is pretty low, so many common folk use it from time to time. It's still illegal... | 2019-01-11T14:05:46 | 2019-01-11T13:56:46 | 276 | 11 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | Music is one of the greatest human feats. Engineering and science are great, don't get me wrong. I like my air conditioning as much as the next guy. But there are songs we sing and tunes we hum that connect us to thousands of generations of those who went before us, and no earthquake or tsunami can erase the magic. ... | Nothing has prepared me, the [Music Maestro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM), for this opponent. Ever Destroyer was the most dangerous enemy I have faced so far. Very strong, with the power of decay at her disposal, she was a villain all villains wish them could be. Everything she touched was destroyed. [R... | 2022-05-17T09:51:47 | 2022-05-17T08:49:33 | 395 | 153 |
[WP] We expected the Earthlings to react with outrage and despair when we killed their leaders, destroyed their economies, and took over their governments—but to our surprise they seemed almost relieved. | Tendrils spread across a glowing console screen, each ending tapping rapidly at smooth buttons, the extraterrestrial creature they were attached to giving a thousand inputs a minute. It swung it's eyestalks up and down, watching closely as it created a log of everything it had seen recently. Before it could finish, it ... | "So long as we don't rob you boys or businesses we good?", the young black man said as he stared wide eyed at the creature sitting before him.
The aliens translator buzzed conveying the response, "Yes, as long as you leave us and the economy supporting us alone we don't care what you do". This was the fourth time tod... | 2020-10-10T22:16:29 | 2020-10-10T22:15:28 | 85 | 31 |
[WP] Your party accidentally enrages a God, but certain doom is oddly liberating. Cursed weapons, monkey paws, contracts with demons; nothing is off the table. You have no chance of winning, but your deaths shall be GLORIOUS! | *We'll be remembered.*
That was the last thing I said to my party before we went our separate ways. It was four of us. Four guild-branded adventurers seeking wealth, fame, power. And it took ten years, ten years of galavanting across the world before we finally found the fabled Tomb of Night. A whole temple made of bl... | # Curse of the Overdragon
"...and in exchange, a lifetime of suffering," the witch said.
Ambrose tossed the pouch of coins and grabbed the potion off the wooden countertop. The old woman gave him a nasty grin. _A lifetime of suffering..._
_Well, not like I'll be living any longer anyway,_ he thought.
He pushed asid... | 2022-06-02T10:45:05 | 2022-06-02T10:37:49 | 49 | 27 |
[WP] Since childhood, you've been able to hear the thoughts of animals. This has led to an excellent career as a veterinarian. One day, someone brings in their pet to have it put down. You hear the animal scream "Please, don't! I'm a human!" | “How long does he have?”
“Mabel,” I said, easing the girl back onto the chair, “you’ve been very brave to bring your friend in by yourself. I’m not going to lie, and I’m going to treat you like an adult, ok?” I watched her nod, lips pursed tightly. Jesus, I’d seen adults twice her age with half her guts. “Two, maybe t... | I remember once, I had a guinea pig come in that was convinced it was a human. I mean, it really believed it was part of the family- one of the children that just happened to be abnormally hairy.
Huh.
Thinking on it now, the poor thing must have been driven mad. It really was a cruel state of affairs to keep them lo... | 2017-09-04T10:20:43 | 2017-09-04T08:01:55 | 322 | 139 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | “Blood? Oh, that’s my blood. That’s not good.”
The blaring rock music rattled through my headphones as I pulled myself off the floor. When I got to my feet, I staggered, clutching the broken wall of the coffee shop I had just been tossed through. It was a good thing the headphones were reinforced, or they would have p... | Nothing has prepared me, the [Music Maestro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM), for this opponent. Ever Destroyer was the most dangerous enemy I have faced so far. Very strong, with the power of decay at her disposal, she was a villain all villains wish them could be. Everything she touched was destroyed. [R... | 2022-05-17T09:15:17 | 2022-05-17T08:49:33 | 215 | 153 |
[WP] If you assasinate the king you become the king - a rule so outdated that most of your countrymen have forgotten it exists. This morning, a group of angry Royal Guards have shown up at your apartment demanding you come to the palace immediately. | I woke up feeling immensely grouchy this morning. I suppose it was due to the awfully long shift I had at work yesterday, but the morning felt especially bad. It didn't help that I had sleep for dinner last night; which is pretty ironic, when you consider that I work at a seafood café. Now before you go ahead and ques... | Morning light peered through the windows, and a gentle breeze roused me from sleep. Upon awakening, I saw that papers were strewn all over the place, carried by the wind. I set about collecting my last night’s work when someone knocked on my door. I didn’t think it to be urgent and ignored it. The knocks became thuds, ... | 2020-10-05T08:50:21 | 2020-10-05T08:06:52 | 73 | 45 |
[WP] God orders Earth from Ikea. After 3 to 4 working days, it comes. Flat packed | God saw the great reviews, but he did not expect Earth to be missing a manual. There was only a note that came in the box;
*Life not included.*
Naturally. No planets came with life. You had to order that from Ikea separately.
So there it lay mocking him in three pieces; a pile of dirt chips, magma boards and p... | In the beginning, God went to IKEA. With the flat packed box upon his desk, he unwound the cardboard sides and looked within the depths and while His spirit was hovering over the nails and the strange he said, "Let there be light!" And clapped his hands, and so the clapper gave light. God saw that the parts were compli... | 2016-04-17T08:15:18 | 2016-04-17T07:19:04 | 287 | 184 |
[WP] At 18 years of age, everyone gets a weapon based on their personality and strengths. All your friends got traditional weapons, but you? Oh, you got something interesting that no one knows how to wield.
Courtesy of [WordPress](https://promptuarium.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/an-interesting-weapon/) | Our world wasn’t the kindest place. They say when you give a man a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
Gods above, wasn’t that the understatement of the century.
Theories still abound on why things started happening this way. Some claim aliens, some claim divine interference, and some (rightly in my opini... | The ceremony was as grandiose as ever.
Mayor Han Yukimara pulled out his golden katana and raised it high, the spotlights glinting off the sharpened tip of the blade. The crowds cheered as the students stepped on stage. Every month, the ceremony to celebrate everyone’s “coming-of-age” was held outside the town hall. A... | 2017-12-29T14:41:49 | 2017-12-29T13:42:31 | 1,796 | 433 |
[WP] After gaining the ability to see everyone's red strings of fate tying soul mates to each other. You realize your string extends past the sky. | I was a small girl -- 3, maybe 4 years old -- when I first noticed the red strings. The first string connection I saw was between my then-foster mothers. Mom and Momma were the light of each other's lives. I was officially adopted by them a year later. The next string I'd seen in person was between Gramma and Granpa, M... | 'I'll see you again soon." Her words. They were the last I'd ever hear.
I felt the moment of impact, time slowing to a crawl. An unnerving moment, sending the abyss reaching greedily for me, knowing there's nothing I can do. Knowing that she'll die with me.
They speak of attaining a certain clarity, facing oblivion.... | 2016-08-06T01:55:47 | 2016-08-05T21:53:03 | 20 | 13 |
[WP] In your society, every child is given a fixed number of skill points for their parents to invest in talents that would determine their futures. When you reach age 21, you find out your parents forgot to do it for you. | Mr Dwayne Lamsfeld seemed a lot more… developed than what I had pictured. He was dressed in an ill-fitting long-sleeve which bunched around his shoulders, and his tie was perhaps six seasons out of date. By his side was a girl who shared the same sharp nose, high cheekbones, frizzy dark hair.
“Welcome to Holloway &am... | 'Are you fucking serious?'
'Honey please, you must understand-'
'Understand *what*? That you forgot? That you fucking forgot.'
'It's not so simple. When you were born, well,' she looked to her right for support, 'your father and I were smoking *a lot*. We forgot all kinds of things. You didn't even have a name for t... | 2017-11-28T04:44:35 | 2017-11-28T04:08:37 | 646 | 38 |
[WP] You're in charge of assigning every child on Earth the monster under their bed. One child in particular has caused every monster assigned to him/her to quit. You decide to assign yourself.
You guys are awesome! I didn't expect this kind of response! | We have no name. You will not know our name if it was spoken to you. I am referring to you as a whole.
We exist only because you allow us to. Not you in the sense of your individual self, but you in reference to your collective species. Mortal minds are powerful, so much so that they cannot fathom what they do. Your c... | A slight sense of trepidation settled over me as I made my way to the house that so many had run from. There were all kinds of rumours surrounding the place but as I looked up at the red brick exterior of the unassuming cottage. It sat towards the outskirts of a cul-de-sac nestled in the heart of a close-nit countrysid... | 2016-10-14T14:52:25 | 2016-10-14T14:49:37 | 248 | 13 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | Humans were always the strange ones.
While evolution gifted the rest of us with weapons that aided our planetary dominance, Humans had no such gifts. Ancient records tell of early visits to their planet to inspect them, where it was ruled that their ruthless violence and disregard for their planet would cause their ea... | The Orak believed the war with humanity would end in blood and glory. Instead it ended in a white flash while they struck the outermost colony of Elysium. Humanity attacked their home planet Orakus. Citizens on Orakus felt no pain or suffering as the humans on Elysium did. Instead it was a white hot mercy that the Tsar... | 2020-02-07T16:29:57 | 2020-02-07T13:21:46 | 31 | 18 |
[WP] Everyone has magic and the magic they have is based off of their name. Society uses a small range of names because they know the magic that comes with it. Your parents decided to give you a very ancient name that does not have a record of its accompanying magic. | "Unregistered" was the term for any person that had been given a name without a known accompanying magic. It was a crime beyond the likes of terrorism, murder, rape, and all the worst. If you were the perpetrator behind giving someone an unregistered name, you were likely to disappear and never be seen again. If you we... | My full first name is SpagetthiBeast Jeeves ShenronOurobourosTheDestroyer III-49th. My last name is Jones.
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Alright so let's sort my powers. My best power is SpaghettiBeast's Spaghetti\_Engage. I see the whole universe, or whatever, part of it I want. Then I go to an Infinite Void. Then some guy named Jeeves walks... | 2018-11-23T21:03:50 | 2018-11-23T20:26:08 | 193 | 10 |
[WP] All those assassination attempts on Hitler didn't fail at the last minute due to "bad luck"; he was repeatedly rescued by time travellers who have seen the alternative. | "Let me guess, you traveled back in time to kill Hitler and to prevent the holocaust or the 2. WW in general?"
I was standing in front of the young time traveler who as chained to a chair.
"Yes! Why would anyone not do this?"
I shook my head. She probably havent seen what I have seen.
"Can you even imagine the con... | "We've got another one." Captain Collins said as we took our seats around the oval meeting table. A picture on the projection screen behind him showed the alleged assassin. "Stevens I want you on this one. It's an AH-33."
"Yes sir!" I replied dutifully. The assignment should be simple enough, I had done a few Hitlers ... | 2017-08-15T21:52:33 | 2017-08-15T20:37:16 | 389 | 220 |
[WP] A superhero(ine) has what is considered to be a 'useless' power. However, (s)he realizes that said power is actually quite suited to being a supervillan(ess) instead. |
Doctor Brainstem made two big mistakes in his illustrious career as Scientific Sentinel of Sea Coast City. First, he was enough of an asshole or idiot to nickname me "Hormone Boy" and second: he underestimated the lengths people would go to once they got pissed off.
To be honest, I do owe the bald weasel for giving ... | "Okay Avengers, listen up! We have a new villain, if you can call him that. Born Rajesh Kumare, he grew up here in Detroit to his Indian immigrant parents Rupinder and Jaz. We believe him to be a mutant with control over people's biological systems, we're equipping you with noise canceling ear communicators as his powe... | 2015-03-03T16:00:52 | 2015-03-03T14:33:54 | 46 | 11 |
[WP] You are an extremely Americanized character who has just been dropped into a typical high school anime that is riddled with all of the common anime tropes. Try as you might, you can't understand why the other characters behave the way they do. | "Johnson, Thommas here has moved from America and will be studying with I you all!" The class teacher gestured towards me with a hand, her other held onto her hip as she made a upbeat expression, different from the dead eyes normally seen in American teachers.
"Thank you, I hope to learn about the culture here and b... | "Damn, where am I?"
_Sam touched his head, everthing still felt strange and dizzy, however he was starting to see again. A little figure approached him_
"Oniiii-chan, are you ok? you look like someone who's having a bad time"
_A little girl was speaking, she could have been 13 years old at maximum, but something di... | 2017-07-24T03:04:36 | 2017-07-23T22:04:51 | 63 | 33 |
[WP] Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up. | I had forgotten about it long ago. A tiny shrine built to any god who would inhabit it. It had been a child's game, to build a temple for a god was something I thought would be fun.
Nearly thirty summers ago I came out to this field, and built the structure. It was minuscule, only barely too big to be taken as a song... | The sun shown over a farmland somewhere in Japan....
It was done. I, a farmer, have built a temple. It's wasn't a big one, but a stray god can only take what they get. It wasn't long before a cloud of dust appeared on the horizon.
A man wearing a black tracksuit with a sword slung across his back. It wasn't long bef... | 2018-01-19T10:20:21 | 2018-01-19T07:50:55 | 42 | 16 |
[WP] A father and son sit down for a serious talk. The father is going to tell the son he is the last of an ancient race, and must carry on the bloodline. the son is coming out to the father. neither knows what the other has to say. | We sat in the living room, me, perched in the middle of the colossal green couch, my father, in the beaten-tan lazyboy. I wan't sure where to begin. My father, though, beat me to it.
“*Hrm*. Well, son, you might have noticed that you have certain…*qualities* that other boys your age don’t have…”
I was... a little sur... | “Son, we’ve always told you that knowing who you are is important. You must know where you’ve been to know where you’re going.” I told my teenager, trying to figure out a way to do this smoothly.
“Absolutely.” He said. I was twisting nervously on the couch in our living room, but he was perfectly content.
“We’ve made... | 2015-02-06T08:36:36 | 2015-02-06T08:19:53 | 4,102 | 212 |
[WP] A world where super heroes exist but act as mercenaries for hire instead of doing it out of the goodness of their hearts
Someone made a comment in another thread that made me want to see this sort of thing and some people replied saying I should submit it here. Here's a link to my [original post](https://www.redd... | "Listen, I know your ad says your services start at $150, but I'm hoping you can make an exception, cut me a deal?" Her breathing is shallow and her voice quivers. She swallowed at the end of her sentence. She's panicked and desperate, and unlike most of the time wasters, she's not lying about the money part.
"I'll l... | Henry had been waiting for three hours now to be allowed in. Standing in line next to people who jumped every time the 'hero' called out the next name to see him.
There was a heavy, oppressive silence in the hallway as they all avoided eye contact. Ashamed to be here, of course, to ask for help from one of them. Henr... | 2017-04-02T10:00:32 | 2017-04-02T08:14:02 | 38 | 25 |
[WP] "Shh, it's alright." The villain said. "You're doing beautifully and I'm so proud of you. But that's enough now... It was cruel of them to make you fight me. You never had a chance. It's not your fault."
The ancient and powerful villain may had a calm and gentle face as they spoke, but they were furious. Not at t... | "We are told at birth 'Duty before self.'" Umbra's murmurs were as tender as a lullaby. If not for the spell restraining her, she might have thought him gentle, "We are told to sacrifice our homes, our family, our lives in the name of the greater good."
Energy depleted, Corona gathered enough strength to spit at him, ... | “Shh, it’s alright.” The supervillain Third Eye said as the would be hero was on their knees breathing heavy, bleeding from several small wounds. “You’re doing beautifully and I’m so proud of you. But that’s enough now… it was cruel of them to make you fight me. You never had a chance, it’s not your fault.”
He smiled ... | 2018-05-18T09:40:59 | 2018-05-18T09:27:05 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] A device has been invented that can read a person’s memory. Police and prosecutors love it for investigating crime. A suspicious spouse can check the alibi of their other half. You just discovered another way to use the device. | Have you ever had a thought so wild, but eventually worked out anyway?
The memory Scape was a marvel, able to retrieve memories on demand. Young, old, it didn't matter. You could even use it on pets!
So why didn't anyone think of using it on inanimate objects? I didn't, other than that i was sitting in the office on... | "This is rough Casey. The grains are barely legible," Dr. Fiona Xu said, taking off her glasses to rub her eyes - as if doing that would clear away all the noise plaguing our Memory Extracts.
Letting out a sigh, I looked closer at the screen.
"I know, but we have no other leads. No other witnesses," I reiterated, hal... | 2021-12-12T01:07:42 | 2021-12-12T00:57:01 | 43 | 20 |
[WP] You're a supergenius-level robotics expert. Your neighbor is a godlike magician. You use your abilities solely to prank each other. | The Great Zantini showed up at my doorstep hat in hand.
I knew better than to trust this and sent a decoy mimic-droid to answer the door.
Zantini looked at the mimic-droid and seemed almost sad. "Is that really you or is this a ruse?"
Something about his voice concerned me. I came out from behind the lead lined wa... | To a brilliant scientist, particularly one gifted in engineering and robotics, there are few forces in existence that can not be explained given sufficient time. Not once in my life did I ever expect to encounter the exception in the house across the street.
Some months ago my previous neighbour, the widow Mrs. Aubre... | 2015-02-19T00:06:54 | 2015-02-18T23:03:51 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | John, George, and Ringo were huddled together inside a secret room on the fantastical magical yellow submarine.
"George, how confident are you?"
George left his momentary silence of contemplation to say " Paul is dead man, miss him."
Ringo asks, "do you though? I mean I doubt if you guys would miss me either."
John sh... | I added a little twist but I think it's still good, non the less. Here.
"AAHHH! Tavian! I need your help!"
"What can I do?"
"Ray of Frost!? Something! ANYTHING! JUST GET THIS THING OFF ME!"
A small harmless slug had fallen onto Yeralia's shoulder, while the party was traveling out of the Forest of Traggleroot. Tavi... | 2017-09-15T08:30:05 | 2017-09-15T04:39:41 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] A group of fantasy adventures has one of their members replaced by a Doppelganger. The rest of the group realizes what happened, but keep pretending to be fooled since they like the doppelganger a lot more than the guy it replaced. | John, George, and Ringo were huddled together inside a secret room on the fantastical magical yellow submarine.
"George, how confident are you?"
George left his momentary silence of contemplation to say " Paul is dead man, miss him."
Ringo asks, "do you though? I mean I doubt if you guys would miss me either."
John sh... | I added a little twist but I think it's still good, non the less. Here.
"AAHHH! Tavian! I need your help!"
"What can I do?"
"Ray of Frost!? Something! ANYTHING! JUST GET THIS THING OFF ME!"
A small harmless slug had fallen onto Yeralia's shoulder, while the party was traveling out of the Forest of Traggleroot. Tavi... | 2017-09-15T06:41:40 | 2017-09-15T04:39:41 | 35 | 13 |
[WP] Among Alien species humans are famous for prefering pacifism but being the most dangerous species when they are forced to fight.
EDIT:WOW THIS EXPLODED GUYS MY FIRST MAJOR PROMPT. | **Covenant archives: Civilizations: Species: Humans**
Introduction:
The human history is a bloody one. For thousands of years their home world was divided by invisible lines and each area governed by different people. They fought over the most trivial things and often out of nothing more than pure spite or in argumen... | Humans.
The childs of the universe. Hard-headed, stubborn, always wanting to choose their own ways and their own destiny, even if it would backfire. They didn't seem to care what any of the other races told them, they would listen, nod their head gently, and then they'd continue to go their own way.
When we discovere... | 2016-03-14T01:37:22 | 2016-03-14T01:25:12 | 24 | 17 |
[WP] Every night for the past 7 months at exactly 8:36 p.m. you would get a text from an unknown number that would tell you to do something small, like move table 3 in. to the right or remove 2 tissues from the box and throw them away. Tonight you learned why. | "no lol" I replied as I had the past 3 months.
At first I complied, I figured what is the harm in it? Eventually the requests got redundant, move this back, switch this plug form the top to bottom outlet, and the like. I got bored, no more of a reason to do it then as long term prank of a teen as time went on. I s... | *"Do you believe in Fate?"*
A small door had opened, affixed to the once-empty guest room. As if I was in a dream, I entered through it, finding myself in a place which I couldn't describe, not even fit for my wildest fantasies.
For seven months I had been on the trail of a mysterious phenomena, one I had found was b... | 2020-07-06T00:12:16 | 2020-07-05T23:22:28 | 150 | 82 |
[WP] You are one of the most feared villainesses in the world. Evil armies, dark powers, you have it all. Your husband on the other hand is the exact opposite, being truly kind and mild mannered. He is still supportive of your endeavors, even trying to be a villain himself to...varying results. | The King came in, a devilish grin spread on his face. Well, he *tried* for it to be devilish, but given his gentle disposition, it came off as endearing and amicable rather than menacing.
"Guess what, my love!" he exclaimed cheerfully and placed a kiss on his wife's pale cheek. She turned to him with a warm smile; a s... | Edmund squinted at the polished beaker, the sheen of the fluorescent lights forming an almost glowing coating of brightness around the smooth glass exterior. Though the exterior was just a container, it mattered not. It was what was inside that… well in truth, held little value to Edmund either. His thoughts were elsew... | 2022-04-29T02:59:30 | 2022-04-28T22:24:27 | 896 | 365 |
[WP] You have an ATM that gives you the exact amount of money you need to survive for the day, how you spend it is your choice. Today you are given $70,000,000. | Charlie's eyes grew wide as the LED on the ATM flickered to life. Eight digits, and there weren't any decimal points. He would pay off his loans and his credit cards and perhaps still have enough to go into debt once more and pay it off yet again. All those days of living by the dollar had finally paid off. Charlie kis... | PRE-STORY WARNING: I was really bad with tenses while writing this, and don't have the time to fully proof read it right now. Apologies in advanced!
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Anonymous Tactile Medium. ATM for short. That's how most people pay for things, ever since the 6th economic crash... | 2016-07-29T19:46:09 | 2016-07-29T19:33:41 | 151 | 89 |
[WP] You're Barack Obama. 4 months into your retirement, you awake to find a letter with no return address on your bedside table. It reads "I hope you've had a chance to relax Barack...but pack your bags and call the number below. It's time to start the real job." Signed simply, "JFK." | "Very funny, Michelle," Barack called into their new home, the letter in his hand. It has always been their tradition to out-prank each other when they move to a new place. JFK, alive? Barack chuckled as he folded the letter and placed it in his pocket. Michelle has got to come out with better pranks.
Barack closed th... | Former president Barack Obama put down the receiver of the pay phone. What he
just heard was either the work of a single completely crazy person or ... He
didn't want to think about the part that came after the *or*. Whatever came
after the *or* was weirder than everything he seen in eight years in
Office.
Barack turn... | 2022-12-29T14:39:14 | 2017-05-14T07:32:55 | 274 | 105 |
[WP] Super-speed can power a city without polluting. Super-healing can provide an endless supply of donor blood. Weather manipulation ends droughts. Your job is to convince superheroes to use their powers for practical purposes instead of fighting crime, and you’re very good at it. | John rushed over to Zach’s room when he heard the screams in the middle of the night. When he burst through the door, he noticed two things: Zach standing over the limp body of a masked man, and the hole smashed through Zach’s window.
“Daddy,” Zach sobbed, his hands covering his face as he spoke. “I hurt him…I hurt th... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 3, Part 4: Janus v.s. Bleeding Heart)
(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**There are three main reasons why people want to be superheroes, and over time I’ve found that all of them a... | 2021-04-11T08:10:41 | 2021-04-11T07:07:13 | 622 | 142 |
[WP] "Sire, the hero's party is outside. It's large, too." "Fools. Not even six or seven can stand against me!" "No, sire, you misunderstand. The hero's party consists of his entire village." "Wait, what?" "They weren't happy that you razed their village. And they've all been leveling up." | "But that's illegal," I said, with confidence that I did not possess.
"I'm sorry, sire?" my most trusted minion replied. What was his name again? Levan? Leftan? Definitely starts with Le.
"That's illegal," I said. "It has to be."
"Why? And how?" Lefin's eyes narrowed.
"Because they are trying to overthrow me," I s... | Daesirith, seventh lord of the void grumbled "Can you tell me what the party consists of?"
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"We have our knight in shining armor Pyadzu, last Priest and Knight of Azgoroth, A Human Blood Dancer acting as the leaders second in command, two Xorvlogoth that were previously blacksmiths that have now taken on ... | 2021-07-19T11:56:31 | 2021-07-19T10:31:59 | 30 | 13 |
[WP]Four years ago, your dog and best friend disappeared. Today, your dog appears at your doorstep. You dog says, "I have been many places and seen many things, human. Its time we had a chat."
"you" dog heh | "Well, it all started when I visited ole Londontown," Dex started to explain while I fitted on his old blue and grey striped sweater. I was still flabbergasted that the miniature dachshund was talking to me, but really, it was just a relief to see him again. "Man, I really missed this sweater. Your Grandmom really knew... | The sound that left my mouth couldn't really be classified as speech. It was more of a shuddering squeal that my voice box hurriedly managed to put together in order to convey to my mind that what was now occupying my sight and - moments before - hearing, was not in fact a side effect of a miss-remembered early morning... | 2017-03-31T15:08:06 | 2017-03-31T15:00:40 | 60 | 20 |
[WP] You’re a new correctional officer at a maximum security prison. You have the ability to see the criminals offenses by the color of their aura, the darker the worse their crimes. As you work intake of new prisoners an old man is wheeled in in a wheelchair; the whole room darkens. | “Fresh meat! Fresh Meat!”
The prisoners chanted in union as Benjamin Tiller made his first round as a correctional officer at Longdale Penitentiary, a maximum security prison which housed some of the state's worst offenders.
As Ben strode down the sterile corridors and peered into each cell in block 'D', he had the ... | He thought of the bad night and his thoughts were black. Inside raged with hard feelings and sorrow and pity. He saw her in his mind. He felt a burning rage. She held him, curled in his arms, but it was not *him*. Then she was apologizing and crying. Then it all began again. His mind was dark. Then the new prisoner cam... | 2017-12-10T23:16:55 | 2017-12-10T23:09:14 | 65 | 23 |
[WP] Everyone in the world is born with a set number of days to live. However, whenever someone says, 'I owe you' to someone, 1 day is subtracted from the speaker's lifetime and added to the listener's. You are the only one who has figured this out. | As soon as James had learned of the way you could easily end or extend any life, he decided to keep it a secret, or at least use it for good. He still saw bright, white, numbers above everyone's heads. Most were in the thousands, which was good. Sometimes he would see an elderly person and only see a few hundred. He lo... |
“I personally think its fun!” Mark’s colleague Balkis added in.
Mark grabbed Balkis by his white lab coat collar and shook him like he’d never before, “Are you fucking insane?!”
“Mark calm down man!” He shouted, coughing, breaking Mark’s grip, rubbing his neck for air.
Mark ran back to the board and pointed at th... | 2019-01-06T16:56:33 | 2019-01-06T16:19:25 | 20 | 10 |
[WP] You've died. You expected to be judged in the Afterlife, but all you see now is God and Satan disappointingly sigh at you and simultaneously scold: "We look away for five months and you died AGAIN?!" | I'm dead. I don't remember dying, but the place I'm in now has an air of finality to it. And dark green linoleum tiles on the floor. Just as I'm starting to accept my own demise, God and Satan stride in through a set of double doors at the far end of the nondescript room.
I'm no good at reading faces, but theirs are ... | **The Water Of Life**
PART 1
**Introduction:** God ruling over the heaven and Satan ruling over the underworld, was not really as easy as it had seemed. We would like to believe that Satan and God never cooperated on any task and only resented each other's presence. But this was never close to the truth, as both of t... | 2019-07-17T15:13:13 | 2019-07-17T14:35:21 | 263 | 100 |
[WP] The life suit’s systems and AI will keep you alive indefinitely - which is great, unless you’re endlessly adrift in space with no hope of rescue - so you need to somehow convince the overly-protective AI to stop saving your life. | "Hello Hal." The calm and soothing voice of my suit AI woke me again.
I looked out through the projected display of what was outside. The stars had shifted again. An entire segment of the darkness in front of me was filled with stars with a blueish hue to them.
"This time it's been 3932 years, Earth relative." It... | The world congress decision came to a close to outlaw AI systems in any future space exploration after damning evidence and recordings of the engineer who suffered one of the most emotionally and spiritually painful deaths in Future’s short history. Future had successfully created Artificial Intelligence and their pate... | 2021-11-29T15:04:12 | 2021-11-29T10:48:29 | 24 | 16 |
[WP] Humans have left Earth to explore the universe. Millions of years later they return, only to find a new sentient species, who've been waiting for whoever came before them.
A "family reunion", as it were, is my idea for the prompt - but do it however you wish. :) | "We can't make contact"
"Why?"
"Imagine we, as we were then, talking to us now? Could they have done it?"
"But look at them. Look at how far them come. Look at what they did with our scraps. With the problems our ancestors left them. Are they not noble and good, industrious and clever? We were born into the void, no... | (1/2)
"Careful," Rabba said. The big mech crouched at the opening of the fissure, staring in after me. His eyes shone into the darkness, casting sharp shadows ahead of me, except where my own silhouette obscured the depths.
"Relax," I said. "This hulk is ancient. There's nothing there that's dangerous." I made my way... | 2015-12-20T13:47:41 | 2015-12-20T09:46:32 | 56 | 41 |
[WP]1000 years ago, scientists have found a way to attach chlorophyll to the human DNA, making humans survive solely on the Sun. Humans have evolved and lost the need and instinct to eat. It is now the year 3022. You have discovered eating by accident, and it has provided you with superhuman powers.
EDIT: Holy sh*t! F... | Journal Entry 22/07/3022. ENTRY-D
... Hours later, I felt a hotness in my pants. "What is that awful smell" I thought. It had happened, I had gained superpowers from doing the Ritual of Eating. I had learned of the power from the ancient scroll I excavated... nearly 800 years old by my current estimates.
The power ... | My alarm buzzed, and I roused myself from sleep. In a few minutes, the sun would be up and I would have breakfast. I shuffled to the dining room in my robe and slippers and sat in my comfortable chair beneath the domed glass ceiling. I de-robed just as the sun moved to the optimal position. The domed glass focused the ... | 2018-09-27T06:36:26 | 2018-09-27T06:28:06 | 51 | 30 |
[WP] You were cursed with good luck by a supernatural entity, something you were very confused by at first. Now a few week later you know exactly what that means | The first thing you need to know about being cursed with 'good luck' by a supernatural entity is that most supernatural entities have a very different definition of 'good luck' compared to us normal folks. Good luck for a human being would be winning the lottery, or finding true love, or landing your dream job. Good lu... | “Not good luck, whatever will I do? Oh, you have wounded me dear sir, I am powerless against you, I am just a mere mortal in the presence of a-“
“BE QUIET MORTAL”
The green entity growled, their white pupilless eyes shining throughout the dark void it trapped me in. The entity was thin, its robes hanging loosel... | 2020-10-15T05:43:58 | 2020-10-15T05:29:38 | 169 | 118 |
[WP] The 5 Mafia families' protection rackets shook down business owners all over New York City. Broken windows, fires and bruised owners were a regular sight when they couldn't pay up. Except Tobias's Toy Emporium. Despite old Tobias never paying, no family ever collected. | "Ey, why ain't we pickin up from the toy shop? That one of our places ain't it?" Sal inquired, as he and his boss walked by. Collection day was always on a Thursday and they'd only had to slap one guy across the face the whole time. Everyone else had paid like clockwork.
Lorenzo glanced over at the shop "Nah it ain't... | (Disclaimer, I'm on my phone. This took me about 50 minutes and there isn't any editing just a straight post when done. Also my writing style, the names first is just how I always used to write sorry.)
Listening to the ring of the front bell, I took a moment to wonder why the door was opened, We weren't open yet. I lo... | 2021-03-24T08:46:45 | 2021-03-24T07:19:28 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] People's powers match their personality: impatient people get super speed, protective people get force fields and so on. Explaining why you have your power is... difficult. | I forget. Well, I make everyone forget. That’s my power, but you probably won’t recall this in approximately 1 minute.
It’s a curse. I watched as my other friends develop wondrous abilities during puberty- flight, invulnerability, elemental control, while I was bestowed with the power of forgetting. Maybe it was becau... | "So how'd you get telepathy?"
He was mildly nervous and had spent the last several seconds resisting the urge to tap his foot in a form of displacement activity. Eye contact had varied from engaged almost to the point of staring to looking anywhere *but* my face. He didn't seem to want to have this conversation. I'd s... | 2019-09-08T09:02:22 | 2019-09-08T08:43:43 | 4,320 | 392 |
[WP][TT] You crash on as island. The locals, impressed with your technology, start showing you their magic. You have a scientific explanation for everything, but one thing still puzzles you. | Michael stared at the scene in front of him in utter disbelief. "How is is he doing this?"
"We told you," said one of the villagers, "our shaman has magical powers."
"That's preposterous, magic doesn't exist," replied Michael.
"He summoned lightning with his staff!" exclaimed a boisterous villager.
"That thing is j... | There’s this story my dad used to tell me all the time when I was younger. I was never sure if it was something passed down only in our family, but when I brought it up to some friends a while ago none of them had ever heard it before. It’s a really comforting notion that we have this oral tradition running through the... | 2015-06-11T09:14:09 | 2015-06-11T08:02:18 | 623 | 31 |
[WP]: You watch the man write the words. "Female. 20. Uncontaminated." Those are your selling points, your ticket to survival. And only two of the three are right. | You watch as an alien slave trader quickly scoops you up. An uncontaminated 20 year old female is worth their weight in gold. Though, you can feel the guilt gnawing at you. You are a fraud. The alien has barely carried you on board before you burst into tears.
"What is the matter?" He asks.
"I'm... I'm not what the ... | She walked through the scanner. It whirred for a moment before a robotic male voice said, "Female. 20. Uncontaminated." 'Well two of those things are true,' she thought to herself while smiling. She looked around at the guards. The guards waved her through. She walked through the cobblestone village, where all these ot... | 2017-02-23T09:13:18 | 2017-02-23T08:57:35 | 130 | 16 |
[WP] The concept of shoot to kill is foreign to other galactic species. Only humans condition their warriors to kill in the most efficient and cold methods possible. When faced with a war they can not win a race does the unthinkable, they set the humans loose. | The puny, hairless apes would seem pathetically unsuited for combat to the average Lunn, before it’d be destroyed with cold, brutal and almost machine like efficiency. ‘Humans’ as they called themselves, ‘Erthak-Viss’ to us, the vengeful.
I have never seen a species so vicious, so unbelievably talented in the art of ... | "Only on the precipice of death, would we have done something this foolish..."
The words hung in the air, soot-stained and thick, threatening to pull the life out of any who pondered it for too long. To Lord Jojen, sitting cross-legged amongst the ruins of his adamantium dais, they felt like a reflection of his own... | 2018-07-20T21:24:50 | 2018-07-20T21:10:50 | 38 | 23 |
[WP] English really is a universal language, and aliens are as surprised about this as humans | > ℏ=1.05•10⁻³⁴ kg•m²•s⁻¹
> c=2.998•10⁸ m•s⁻¹
“This is pointless,” Arthur spat. “There’s no reason to believe that the Venusians would understand this.”
“Do you have a better idea?” Mark sighed. “If we start with the fundamentals, we can work to common ground.”
> μ₀=1.26•10⁻⁶ kg•m•s⁻²•A⁻²
> ε₀=8.85•... | James takes his first steps on the red sand. It is cold, dry, barren. The desert stretches as far as the eye can see, and then farther, a blanket of wind-swept ruin. The ship hums as it powers down, but the desert is silent; the only sounds are the whispers of the wind.
Here, buried beneath the sand, are the last of t... | 2020-09-17T08:27:58 | 2020-09-17T07:33:07 | 2,499 | 246 |
[WP] Growing up, people always thought you hated animals, as you alway avoided them. The problem wasn’t you hated them; it was that they loved you so much they did anything they could to come to you. Now your class is taking a mandatory field trip to the zoo. | PART 1
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I could already hear the frenzy of the animals closest to the gate as we approached. It spread like wildfire through the zoo and each step seemed to intensify the clamorous joy coming from the animals inside. A sparrow flew towards my group and perched on the head of the child in front of me. I ha... | “How is a trip to the zoo mandatory? Can’t I just read a Wikipedia article on each of the animals at home?” My whines fell on deaf ears, my friend only giving me a small shrug, not caring much for my personal conflict.
“It’s a trip to the zoo. Why are you so upset about this? Most kids would kill for this. It’s a p... | 2021-03-30T02:49:30 | 2021-03-30T01:28:36 | 763 | 386 |
[WP] You have the ability to see heart-strings. You can see the connections that people have with each other. Each connection appears to be a colored line running from one person's heart to another. The colors, thickness, and texture of the line determine the strength and type of connection.
Based off of [this](https:... | I didn't get home until late that night, and found her asleep on the couch. The TV was on some old sitcom. The flickering lights played across her peaceful face, her familiar snore just barely audible over the laugh track. I walked over to gently wake her up, but something stopped me in my tracks.
One of her strings ... | # Bargain Bin Superheroes
(Arc 4, Part ?: Jemma v.s. The Snatchers)(Note: Bargain Bin Superheroes is episodic; each part is self-contained. This story can be enjoyed without reading the previous sections.)
**Jemma's eighth-grade science teacher had explained gravity to her like this:** Space was like a great big clot... | 2021-05-28T17:35:49 | 2021-05-28T16:04:22 | 172 | 26 |
[WP] Whoever cursed you to always tell the truth made a terrible mistake in their spell. Instead of you being forced to bend to the truth, the truth is forced to bend to you. Everything you say becomes fact | "I grow weary of existance, Jacob." I muttered as the old man poured my afternoon cup of tea. "Why is that madam?" Jacob, a man who apears to be several decades my senior doesn't look at me as he speaks, his wrinkled face hidden from my gaze. I lazily turn my head to look out the window of my palace to look upon the ga... | Language is a beautiful thing. Thoughts can leave my mind and enter yours. A piece of my soul, a sizeable splintered fragment, can touch you in a way physicality could never hope to.
The problem began when everything I said was taken literally.
"Last one there's a rotten egg!" I shouted to my friends. We were walk... | 2022-02-04T00:11:47 | 2022-02-03T22:41:40 | 118 | 33 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends their Christmas list to Satan, surprisingly they get what they wanted but there is a catch. | The smell of gingerbread permeates the entire house. Klara, a young woman is looking at the gentle snow falling outside her window drinking her warm wine while her son sits in front of the warm fire. "Stop chewing on your pencil, and finish your note to Santa!" The little boy bends forward towards the piece of paper... | **Sorry for my English. I'm burned out but couldn't resist.**
In a sleepy town on a Spring night, an eight year-old boy named Chalrie is being driven by his mom, Summer to an after-school club. On the way he explains to his mom about how in school his teacher asked him to think about what it was he wanted the most in ... | 2015-11-19T12:48:22 | 2015-11-19T10:38:26 | 54 | 21 |
[WP] For years, you've saved people, protected the innocents, taken down criminals, but in secret. No one knows what you've done, even the smartest heroes or villains. Today, you receive a basket of flowers, with a small note: "Thank you". | It's hard work, being a hero. Takes a toll. I call myself TechnoDave, technology hero, but no one else calls me by that name. I work in secret to avoid the recognition.
No one, even the smartest heroes or the most cunning villains, knows who I am. My rescuees don't know, no one does. To everyone, I'm a simple but skil... | “I’ve been crime fighting for the better part of 30 years. It’s not easy, it’s not the best job in the world, but someone has to protect the people from not only the criminals, but the damages caused by the heroes when fighting them, I’m the guy behind the scenes helping grandmothers cross the street and the people sto... | 2019-07-28T07:04:58 | 2019-07-28T06:09:06 | 37 | 26 |
[WP] A trio of witches who live on the outskirts of town as outcasts befriend a neighbor child. They are annoyed at first by them but after their persistence realize they are genuine. One day they don’t show up as usual so the witches look for them and learn the town has been taken over by soldiers. | “The boy is perfect for the ritual,” said Florence, parting her stringy black hair from her eyes. “I don’t care that you’ve grown a soft spot for him. The winter solstice is tomorrow night. We’re running out of time.”
“She’s right,” said Bernice. “His skin is the perfect texture. We can’t let this opportunity pass us ... | "Soup’s on, ladies!"
With a wicked whiff of something smokey and gnarly, two shadows rushed towards the dank dining room. The two shadows emerged and slowly descent towards opposite chairs on the table.
One turned into a misty blue apparition, gradually a voluptuous beauty draped in aquamarine robes and a similarly c... | 2021-03-24T08:37:49 | 2021-03-24T06:37:15 | 246 | 56 |
[WP] After years of static noise and boring afternoons a SETI researcher finally gets a hit. From somewhere out in deep space a signal is being sent that is consistent and repeating with one simple message "Do Not Leave Earth". | "Computer, translate again please"
"Do Not Leave Earth"
This wasn't a wow signal, the sender had sent this in binary.... they wanted us to read this and left no room for errors.
We contacted what allies we had left, it had been sent in their languages too, possibly best to assume every other nation received it also.... | For decades I’ve listened to the stars. For decades, they’ve said nothing back. Just static, ever since 1977 when Jerry Ehman caught the ‘Wow’ signal: “6EQUJ5”. I wasn’t born at the time, but it was still the only anomaly we had captured here at SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, even with the largest ... | 2018-06-02T16:13:21 | 2018-06-02T13:02:21 | 36 | 13 |
[WP] "Apologies, human. Unfortunately, you were accidentally killed by a glactic federation officer during an altercation on your planet. Currently we are constructing you a replacement body, and in return for your ensured silence on our existence, I wanted to ask if you wanted anything... changed." |
“Well, I wouldn’t mind having a bigger dick.” Was my response.
The voice beaming through my thoughts gave off a distressed sounding grunt- the kind that’s usually followed by, “fuck off.”, or something similar.
There was a long pause.
“Fuck off.” Was the response I got.
I was partially thrown off. “What is it, ... | "Dead? I'm dead? How the hell am I here then? " I was standing in some sort of room, it looked like a doctors waiting room, but it was ultra clean and perfect, like some kind of simulation. It just looked a little bit too plastic and shiny. In front of me was the most perfect looking human I'd ever seen. She was flawle... | 2019-10-28T13:22:27 | 2019-10-28T12:30:59 | 57 | 23 |
[WP] As an act of desperation, you applied to every college on the list. Sifting through the apologetic rejections, a pure black envelope catches your eye. The letters on it glow crimson red, charcoal-colored smoke wafts from the pages... | The paper felt warm in my hands.
*Dear Ms. Ransom,*
*On behalf of the Scholomance I am pleased to congratulate you on your acceptance into our Solomonari program for the Fall 2012 semester. Your application showed great promise and I have every confidence that you will realize your full potential with us.*
*Please ... | ...
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> **lim·i·nal**
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> *adjective*
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> 2. occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
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He was always told that the mountains he carried were meant to be climb... | 2021-02-03T09:48:08 | 2021-02-03T09:13:29 | 49 | 16 |
[WP] The devil mixed up your paperwork and gave you someone else's personal hell, which to you, is heaven. | I stared into the room, not daring move from the long, endless corridor the demon had led me down. I could see beyond the doorway, an old house, leaky, crumbling, mouldy. I could smell it from where I stood, it smelled of age, of decay.
The demon placed a flaming hand on my shoulder, his touch cool on my skin. "A tho... | I woke up on a soft couch in what appeared to be a busy upscale hotel. People were walking by admiring the vaulted ceilings with a smile or looking at their own extremities and looking around as if they were missing something. Most people looked confused, a few relieved, a few more angry. I wondered about where the peo... | 2016-05-28T14:22:58 | 2016-05-28T14:06:45 | 102 | 68 |
[WP] All your life, you've had a small empty bar on your hand that reads "XP." Today you hit and killed a man with your car, and the bar began to fill. | I got ten months for it.
It was an accident, but since I was on the phone...
Anyhow, I met another while I was in there. I caught sight of his tattoo before he saw mine - his XP bar about two-thirds full... with a small "3" under it. I tried my best to keep mine hidden after that.
The first chance I got to talk to h... | I stared at the bar for what felt like an eternity, and the bar stared right back. All my life I'd been a decent person, or at least I'd like to describe it that way. Everyone has the fleeting thoughts of doing something crazy, but nobody actually goes through with it, right? Well today I was reborn in my own way. I ... | 2018-07-02T05:44:20 | 2018-07-02T02:31:21 | 323 | 72 |
[WP] All your life, you've had a small empty bar on your hand that reads "XP." Today you hit and killed a man with your car, and the bar began to fill. | I got ten months for it.
It was an accident, but since I was on the phone...
Anyhow, I met another while I was in there. I caught sight of his tattoo before he saw mine - his XP bar about two-thirds full... with a small "3" under it. I tried my best to keep mine hidden after that.
The first chance I got to talk to h... | *Pt. 1 of 3*
Everything was white. The first thing I noticed when I awoke was how bright the ceiling was. Then the pain set in. Gasping in shock, I jolted up. Only, my body didn’t move because I was in a full body cast. The reflexive response only served to cause a tsunami of pain roll through my body, emanating from ... | 2018-07-02T05:44:20 | 2018-07-02T03:09:13 | 323 | 35 |
[WP] You're a new security guard at a prison for supervillains, when the senior officers approaches you and says, "I don't know what they told you to do in case of a breakout, so I'm going to make it simple for you. If you see one of these villains escaping, do not engage them. Just let them leave." | The old guard stopped and waited watching for a sign that I had understood.
I gave him my best idiot grin to placate him.
“I hope you don’t think I’m joking.” The old guard said with a sigh putting his feet up and casually switching through the monitors. “I know what I get paid is not enough and you have yet to work... | A black miasma of low fidelity reality begins to clarify, finding the walls of an office in the clicks of your uniform boot against the stone floor. You've gone fugue. The totality of your confusion, your lack of even basic understanding of your whereabouts is fading oh so slowly. All you know is this happens. This is ... | 2021-04-21T08:21:47 | 2021-04-21T06:38:32 | 404 | 61 |
[WP] You were cursed to become a crow. You meet another person under a similar curse as a crow and eventually set up a happy, loving life together. One day, the spell ends and you both returned to your true forms. However, their true form was radically different than what you thought it would be. | Balthus cawed sharply, convulsing at the same time I lost motor control. I kreed, "Oh lord, it's finally over! The curse is broken!"
My body twisted and cracked, bones elongated and feathers shrank to hair. After many agonizing, gruelling minutes, I knelt on hands and knees, slick with some sort of slime, but human on... | “I curse thee, oh thief of the forest. Your love of gold and silver will leave you on a maddening search for more of it.” Those were the words I heard before being cursed by the witch. My body shrinking as black puffy wings pushed out from my back, changing me into a crow. It was horrifying, glancing up to see only the... | 2021-10-27T08:23:52 | 2021-10-27T07:55:52 | 761 | 470 |
[WP] When you were trying to recruit the best healer healer around for your adventuring party, you were expecting a gentle, pretty healer girl. Not a grizzled middle aged woman who looks like she can wrestle a bear and has an attitude to match. | The old woman leaning on her odd staff with one hand and her claws on her other hand. Wait are those sharpened rib bones? Caleb shuddered. "Ahm well have a seat. Miss?"
"You may call me Zevanna. Expecting some naive things sculpted by her god to look a right tempting bit? Those young 'clerics' ain't real healers."
"W... | "Jakob?" Someone called from behind, and I saw Sadie stiffen.
"She goes by Sadie." I told the stranger, frowning.
"Oh. Alright. It's been a while." The stranger looked a little surprised at Sadie as she turned.
"Yeah, been a while. How've you been?" Sadie asked, though her tone was more guarded than inquisitive.
"I... | 2021-12-22T08:23:56 | 2021-12-22T06:36:50 | 96 | 44 |
[WP] You live in a city full of people with powers (telekinesis, electro kinesis, sensors, etc) and everyone is ranked according to how powerful they but they can kill someone of higher rank and obtain their rank. You are rank #1 but no one knows what your power is
Edit: Thank you all so much for submitting your stori... | I pull my number from the machine that ranks us all. Shocked, I can't believe it, no one has ever had this number in all the books, movies, songs or anything. Putting away the ticket I ask people around if they had ever heard of someone having that number, careful not to reveal I had.
"Well, yeah someone has to be nu... | The Nine Kings were a sort of urban legend. Eight powerful enigmas uniting under a truce to lord their power over the people with Number 1. The higher your rank, the more political influence you had over the city, and even the world.
Take Mason, a red-headed hothead with eyes of amber, for example. Mason was ranked 9... | 2014-12-18T15:10:54 | 2014-12-18T13:33:39 | 164 | 77 |
[WP] We finally get men on Mars and they discover an old Soviet flag placed down decades ago. The Soviets won the space race but for whatever horrifying reason didn't say anything. | We'd seen it in the distance, an anomaly on an already alien planet. Thought it some kind of mirage, since the reality just didn't make sense. I volunteered to go check it out, though we all knew what it was - and when I'd just confirmed it.
A Soviet flag.
Why hadn't they told us? I'd heard rumour of a Soviet mission... | Colonel Anderson kneeled down in front of a broken pole and wiped away some orange dust off the ground, revealing a tattered piece of crimson cloth stuck under a rock. Dragging it out of its resting place, the Colonel tore it in half, showing the two men behind him a symbol of a gold hammer and sickle beneath a gold-bo... | 2016-08-16T08:17:13 | 2016-08-16T08:14:02 | 300 | 86 |
[WP] The most difficult part of being a Supervillian? Find love, not because other people won't like you, but because the stupid Superheros will swoop in and "rescue" your date every time, but this time you have a plan, and it's going to work. | "I GOT HIM!!!!" she laughed. "I finally got him!!!"
she blew the tip of her ray gun, as if to blow the smoke away.
I blinked, staring at the crumpled body of my nemesis...his Cape a melted ruin. My stomach churned. I felt...
"oh I am having desert tonight!" her dark red lips curved upward. An adorable dimple popped ... | **Part 1**
"Oho, if it isn't *Black Magma*!! What brings you to my nefarious lair?!", I crowed.
He sighs, as though the weight of the things I've set in motion already pulled at him. So soon, and it's as if understands how truly powerless he is. This has been weeks in the making, and he knows by now that the only way... | 2022-12-02T20:53:04 | 2019-02-23T07:51:01 | 129 | 47 |
[WP] Humanity has detonated hundreds of nukes, but only twice against an enemy. The Galactic Federation has this fact without context. | "Twice?!"
"That's what it says here."
"That's ... far less than I expected."
Every head in the room turned towards the one who'd said this. A green individual with four bright yellow eyes spoke first.
"Does your saying ... less?"
The grey individual with blacked-out eyes at the head of the table continued.
"Indee... | “A weapon of such power isn’t unheard of. I don’t see why you believe this should be our reason for avoiding contact with our galactic neighbor. I will be the first to point out the mistakes of the Navin people I represent. Our weapons caused similar damage in the past, and yet we have reformed to be useful members of ... | 2021-02-17T04:34:37 | 2021-02-17T04:15:21 | 818 | 214 |
[WP] Jesus has come down from the heavens, but is actually just a chill guy. He is sitting and talking to fans in your city but when you walk to see the savior his relaxed expression fades and is replaced with smugness and at the same time anger. He looks at you and calmly goes, “Ah, the Antichrist” | “What are you talking about?” I ask, looking behind to see about a thousand people staring at me like I had just been found guilty for killing all the saints.
I wish I had not looked back, though, because everyone just started shouting straight-up horrific words.
“Kill him!”
“Put him in a sack, Jesus!”
“He’s a ... | It was all true, then. For years, the dread had been gnawing at me, that something was... wrong. I could see it in the way they looked at me, treated me.
"Demons" my father had said, on Thanksgiving night. "I see demons inside you, and if we don't cast them out now, they'll take hold on you forever!"
That had been, w... | 2020-02-02T17:17:07 | 2020-02-02T16:03:23 | 253 | 102 |
[WP] You are a vampire hunter. But you don't try to kill them, far from it. You're here to charge them with centuries of tax evasion. | The rusted gates of Silverthorn Hall screeched their protest at my arrival as I pushed forward through the rain. Freezing drops pelted my duster and long-brimmed hat, a holdover from collectors past.
Long overgrown vines threatened to trip me up on my way to the ancient doors. This place had been a hotspot for the mos... | Another one... At least this mansion appears like a genteel refugee from the post-war south. It's a relief from the usual foreboding manse that looms over your head, threatening with every step forward that it may crash down around your ears.
This one simply says: I am here. I will always be here. My master will al... | 2022-10-01T13:06:29 | 2022-10-01T11:43:22 | 411 | 38 |
[WP] An Alien must explain to a Human that Earth is not a paradise for life, it is the most horrific Death World ever discovered. | A paradise for life? Well, I suppose that is technically true. If you tilt your head and squint.
The water is concentrated in a few large oceans which allows for storms of truly prodigious size to form and batter the land. The land masses are so large that the interiors tend to be fairly arid because water just can'... | “I’m sorry, I must have misheard that. What planet did you say you’re from?” Alix stopped sipping his blue hi-nutrient drink and instead focused his one eye on his human companion. Watching John happily indulge in a poison that humans called beer.
“Earth. You’ve never heard of it? It’s a pretty nice place, can get ... | 2022-12-08T04:01:04 | 2022-12-07T23:41:30 | 612 | 363 |
[WP] Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 lands in Beijing Airport, 3 Months late - passengers claim to have flown as normal. | I looked around. Two hundred and thirty-eight pale, shaken and frightened faces looked back.
“You all understand, don’t you? When we land,*nothing happened*. As far as we know, the plane left Kuala Lumpur exactly on time, we’ve been flying for six hours, and there was *absolutely nothing unusual* in any way about th... | Smoke from the cup slowly dispersed in the air. I reached forward and took a sip of the tea I ordered just a minute ago. It was quiet in the cabin. The baby that was crying seemed to have fallen asleep in his mother's arms and the little boy playing running up and down the aisle was back in his seat.
*Ding.* The fligh... | 2014-06-25T16:29:30 | 2014-06-25T14:31:14 | 58 | 24 |
[WP] You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | "For your own safety, you seriously should've let me complete that ritual." The shackled villain protested as the hero pulls her to a carriage.
"You were gonna sacrifice 27 virgins, Theia, I'm not gonna let that slide." The hero replied as he lead her into the carriage and locked the door behind her.
Theia sighs as s... | I stare, pretty shocked, I must admit, as something a little too fast for normal eyes to see hits Phase in the stomach and launches him backwards, much like what happens in a car crash. He lands right in front of one of the huge trucks carrying containment cells, designed to cuff people like me. Actually, probably desi... | 2018-01-27T16:53:11 | 2017-09-17T05:11:16 | 58 | 12 |
[WP] Whenever you speak, people hear you speaking in their native language. Most people are surprised and delighted. The cashier at McDonalds you've just talked to is horrified. "Nobody's spoken that language in thousands of years." | “Nobody’s spoken that language in thousands of years.” Whispered the cashier, dropping my McNuggets. “I thought I was the last one! I can’t believe there’s more survivors! I mean, you skin is a little more pale than I would expect but who cares? Follow me, we need to talk!”
“But my McNuggets” I said
“Don’t worry, I’l... | **PART 1:**
My father had always been a bit of an enigma. We had little in common save for our names. He was a mild-mannered and proper Englishman who had immigrated to America from a little village the West Country. He believed with all his being in the power of an orderly queue and a proper cup of tea. But every so o... | 2022-06-29T16:29:01 | 2018-06-24T22:03:53 | 647 | 15 |
[WP] You are a respected supervillain that is more of a managerial type. You take good care of your minions and have an open door policy. One day a battered minion comes in your office. The heroes tortured your minion for information. You rarely go out into the field, but when you do heroes tremble. | "Come in." Jaster said, his eyes still stuck in his Supervillain Quarterly magazine.
A small, hunched over man came limping in with a crutch under his arm. His hair was dirty, face bruised and puffy. His clothes were drenched and smelt like urine that had been sitting in the toilet all day in the middle of summer.
Ja... | I considered the young man before me. He was definitely the worse for wear, despite the best efforts of my doctors. His dejected attitude was perhaps worse in some ways than the physical damage. "I told them what they wanted to know Boss. I'm sorry, but the pain..." He trailed off dejectedly.
"Not your fault," I told... | 2021-03-22T07:40:52 | 2021-03-22T06:59:34 | 301 | 121 |
[WP] Officially, you're a weak, D rank villain. Unofficially, you're one of the strongest beings on the planet that is secretly employed to "train" fledgling heroes by giving them an easy first real fight. But one day an A rank villain crashes your heist and you must protect your "students". | 'Heroes bah, what a joke, just a feel-good title for super-powered busy body Karen types. Always sticking their noses where it didn't belong.'
Usually it wasn't that bad, his well crafted persona only had the baby faced rookies coming after him. It was customary to only send equal level heroes after villians. If one w... | "Hello, class, I'm Juleel, also known as The Deceiver, an Ex-A-Ranker Villain..." he spoke whilst pacing back forth near the blackboard attached to the wall, writing on it with swift strokes from his chalk with each step he made, "but, do not fret, I've reformed from my devious lifestyle, now, I would like to teach the... | 2021-06-23T14:58:27 | 2021-06-23T11:55:31 | 46 | 11 |
[WP] There's a saying among the galactic community. "Never hire a human"... you just hired 200 of them. And you're about to find out why that saying exists. | Never hire a human. I know. I mean, we all know. We just don't know why.
It's not like I had a choice though. Business was running slow and the plethora of intergalactic wars had depleted most of our resources. Money was scarce and humans... weren't. Humans are cheap.
So I figured, to hell with it. If I want to keep ... | Every planet has a city, or even a few, that are known for their productivity. Palagius V? Nanotech-burg. Omianix? The Hive. Galactic Center? The Galactic Innovation Centroplex (GIC for short). Here on Skan we simply call it "Industry Town".
These places are central to the intergalactic commerce arena. Take Omianix's... | 2018-04-27T13:39:05 | 2018-04-27T11:33:59 | 535 | 147 |
[WP] On the first manned mission to Mars, a crew of seven astronauts loses contact with Mission Control upon entering the atmosphere. After landing, they look up into the Martian night sky, wherein Earth appears to be missing. | "No, this can´t be happening!" Exclaimed Jona, as he looked up at the sky.
One of the other astronauts, Yuri, turned around, and asked "What is problem with little man now?"
"The Earth, its gone!" he screamed, "and i can´t get in touch with command either!"
Yuri stared at Jona, and sighed, "Jona, we landed on opposi... | Yana looked up at the Martian sky and saw no Earth.
It had been a week since they had landed on ground zero and lost contact with mission control. But the mission continued. Base camp was set up. Their living quarters erected at the fringes of their landing site. The buildings looked like ping pong balls, plastic and ... | 2015-07-08T07:26:45 | 2015-07-08T06:37:09 | 43 | 11 |
[WP] When someone's heart breaks so does a piece of our world; this creates fissures, valleys, and even cracks in the pavement. Tell me the story behind the Grand Canyon.
Have fun! :D | “What’s the saddest word in the English language?”
 
“Almost.”
 
“Why?”
 
“I was almost good for him. He was almost in love with me. We almost made it.”
 
She did this often. It didn’t matter where we were or what we were doing. She could be laughing at the beach, or sin... | I started this with your prompt in mind but I wandered off somewhere and got a tad lost. Im still posting the full thing because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyways, here goes.
They say there once was a young man, long ago. He wasn't very wealthy, but he had an aura of happiness where people couldn't help ... | 2015-12-03T15:04:53 | 2015-12-03T12:14:37 | 252 | 38 |
[WP]No one know how the zombie virus began, but humanity is on the ropes. A powerful stranger cuts through the horde one night and reaches your compound's wall with a deal. Vampires are starving. Help feed them in exchange for protection from the other undead menace. | "It's like drinking water contaminated by dead bodies," the man said. "Exactly as disgusting and **\*ow\*** unusable as you'd expect **\*ah\*** *blast it all*!" he hissed in pain as I put another stitch into his arm. The bite was rather nasty and his pained grins exposed the sharp fangs in his mouth; a somewhat uncomfo... | “Hurry up and help me, you bastard, or there won’t be anything left for you to dine on.” Murdoc shouted, desperately trying to pull the mess that had once been his leg out from underneath the stack of metallic boxes. With each attempt, his leg only got more trapped until he couldn’t even squirm anymore. Instead, he was... | 2022-10-27T07:04:01 | 2022-10-27T06:12:36 | 976 | 588 |
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